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Topic: Silent versions of early talkies
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Chris Bird
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 218
From: Kingston upon Thames, UK
Registered: Jul 2013
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posted June 23, 2017 02:40 AM
Dominique, what you describe was certainly the situation in Britain and America. The cost of re-equipping the cinemas was big, and there was a period of a year or two before all cinemas did so, or went bust. (A bit like the switch to digital projection.)
So many films were released in both sound on silent versions, on 35mm, for the cinema. A good example, which has just been restored by the BFI and issued on Blu Ray, is The Informer. The Blu Ray has both the sound and silent versions, as released in different cinemas.
Hitchcock's Blackmail can also be seen in sound and silent releases; most fans prefer the silent version. Here's a review comparing the two versions: http://moviessilently.com/2017/01/01/blackmail-1929-a-silent-film-review/
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